Megahexura | |
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Megahexura fulva in Sierra de Salinas | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Mecicobothriidae |
Genus: |
Megahexura Kaston, 1972 |
Species: | M. fulva |
Binomial name | |
Megahexura fulva (Chamberlin, 1919) |
Megahexura is a genus of spider in the family Mecicobothriidae, with the sole species Megahexura fulva. Native to the United States, the spiders build an exposed sheet web with a funnel-shaped retreat in holes and crevices along ravine banks.